Mechanical toy



J. v. mENms.

MECHANICAL TOY.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 18, 1919. RENEWED JUNE 8,1922.

1 A29fi38, Patentedsept. 19 1922,

Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

air rr JOSEPH V. IRENIUS, OF NEWARK, N EW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO FERDINAND STRAUSS, INCL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

MECHANICAL TOY.

Application filed December 18, 1919, Serial No. 345',ese. Renewed June 8, 1922. Serial No. 566,898.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be-it known that I, JOSEPH V. IRENiUs,

a citizen of the United States of America,

residing atNewark, Essex County, State of New Jersey, have invented oertain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Toys, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in toys, the object being to provide a selfpropelled combination of a miniature vehicle, an animal-figure and a figure representing a clown, doll, or other figure, all arranged so that the animal and figure Wlll rock while the toy is in motion to give the appearance of a balky animahthe doll figure moving in unison with the movement of the animal figure.

I To produce the result desired, I have arranged a novel combination of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accom panying drawing, wherein Fig. l is a side elevation of a toy embodying my improvement;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view, parts being omitted;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view, the section being taken on a line '3-3 in Fig. l, the figure being omitted;v and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary diagrammatic side view.

As herein embodied, my invention comprises a body member 5, containing a motor mechanism of the usual variety employed to operate a driving disk Thaving teeth 8 through a portion of its periphery, one-half, for instance, as indicated in Fig. 3. The motor mechanism will not be described in detail any more than to state that it includes a spring 9, which is wound up or placed under tension by a key 10, said spring acting through a train of gears 11, 12, 13, and 14: to rotate the disk 7. The teeth of the disk mesh alternately with pinions 16 and 17 on an axle shaft 18 carrying wheels 19 and 20. During the rotation of the disk, the wheels will be rotated alternately in opposite directions, thereby causing the toy to alternately move back ward and forward.

The device further includes a seat 21 pivotally connected to the body 5, said seat having secured thereto a figure 22 representing a clown, for instance. The seat is out of balance, as can be seen, and will rest upon the'peripheral edge of the disk 7. The pivotal points for the seat 21 consist of the turned out ends 23 of a pair of shafts 24 and 25, said ends passing through ears 26 of the body 5 and arms 27 of the seat 21. The shafts intermediate their ends engage the dash-board '28 of the body 5 and drop will tend to maintain the seat in contact with disk '5, the animal figure and doll figure being connected by a wire, or the like, 30. It will be noticed that the pivotal points of the seat 21 are located ahead of the' center of the figure 22. In other words, the weight of the doll figure will be imposed upon the seat somewhat to the rear of the pivotal points of said seat; hence, as the animal figure and seat with its doll figure are out of balance and always te'nding to drop, the seat will be maintained in contact with the periphery of disk 7.

It will be seen in Fig. 3 that the section of disk 7 carrying teeth 8, has a larger radius than the remainder of the disk; hence said section will raise seat 21, or swing it upwardly upon its pivots, during the rotation thereof.v As soon as the section carrying the teeth clears the seat, the said seat will drop or swing down. This swinging or up and down movement of the seat will cause the animal figure toswing upon its pivotal points and in combination with the back and forth movement of the toy will give the appearance of a balky animal. As the pivotal points for the animal figure and seat are located ahead of the center of gravity of their respective parts, and as the doll figure is so positioned as to cause its weight to be imposed upon said seat out of alinement with the pivotal points of said seat, and to the rear thereof, said animal figure, seat and doll will tend to swing downwardly; hence disk 7 functions only to raise the seat, and cause the back end of the animal figure to rise.

.Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure-by Letters Patent is? 7 mechanism, a di'skl.operated by. the motor mechanism, aportion of said diskbeing of greaterradius thanthe remainder of the disk, teeth carried ,by' thatportion 'of the disk having the greater radius,ja, shaft for said, Wheels, gears carried by} said shaft to meshwvith the teeth on saidjdisk, said seat being arranged to ;rest; ,;by gravity upon the periphery of said'diskm 1 In a toymember, a motor mechanism carried thereby, heels carried. by the ibody member, a seat I pivtotally. connected-zto said body, the pivotal points for said seat being out of alinement With the centerof gravity of said seat whereby the free end of'said seat will tend to drop, and meansoperable by-the motor mechanism arranged to vrotate said h d Cause Said seat to=swing upon -,1ts.pivots..g H 1 In atoy, a body, member, aamotor mechanismv carried thereby, Wheels carried bythe bodymember, aseatjpivotally con,- nccted to said body, the pivotal points for saidseatv being out of alinement' With the center of gravity of said seat Wherebyfthe free endof. said, seat will tend to drop, means operable by the motor mechanismarra'nged to rotate said wheels and to causesaidseat to swing upon its pivots,.and,a doll figure carried by said seat. t a ,4 In a toy, a3body member, a IilOtOr mechanism carried thereby, Wheels carried bythe body member, a seat piviotally connected to said body, the pivotal points for said seat being out of alinement Withthe center of gravity of said seat Wherebythe free end of said seat will tend to drop,

' meansopferable by the motormechanism ar;

, ranged tolrotate said, wheelsgand' to cause saidseat tosvvingnpon its pivots, an animal figure pivotally connected With said body and meansiconnecting the animal figureand doll figure, I- I body. member, a motor mechanism carried thereby,wlieels carried the body member, aseat jpivotally con free end ofsaid seat Will tend to drop, means t I V w operableby the motor-mechanism.arranged 1. A toy comprising a'ibody I'n'em'ber,"a-

7 seat pivotally connected thereto, Wheels v carried by the body member, a' motor torota'te said wheelsand tomanse said seat ried said seat, shafts carried by the body figure and the animal. figure. I 6.111 a toy, aqbodymembega seat} pivotally connected thereto, 'the'-,.pivotal' points center of gravityof said'seat' whereby the for said seattbeingout ofalinement vviththe center of gravity of the seat,-a doll figure -;2

carriedv-by the seat positioned to causezthe weight thereof to be imposed uponisaid' seat between the pivotal; points and the freeend of said seat, shafts carriedby the bjodylhaving their ends turnedjout to engage said-n;

bodyand serve as pivotsofthe seat, an animal figurepivotally connected, to said shatts at the opposite. ends, means connecting the animalfignre and doll figure, Wheelscarried by thebody, a motor mechanism car- [I1 ried by the body, and means operable by the motor mechanism to rotate the Wheels and cause said seat to swinguponitspivots 7. Ina-toy, a body member,a,seatpivotally connected thereto,., the" pivotal apoints for; said seat being. out of alinement, with the center ofgravity ofthe. seat, v a do1l1fig ure carried by the seat positioned to cause the; weight thereotto be imposed; upongsaid end-of said seat,..;shalt'ts carried by the body having their ends turned outto engagesaid body and serveaspivots of the seat, ananiseat between the pivotal points and the'free v mal figure pivot'ally connected:tosaid v at the opposite ends, means connecting ,the

animal figure-and doll figure, a shaft Carried by the body, Wheels carried by the shaft, gears also carried by the shaft, a disk operable by. the motor mechanism and teeth car.-

ried by the disk to engagesaid; gears to .4

tate said Wheels,;said disk being arranged to swing said seat upon its pivots", J Signed at New York city, N. Y.,'-this 1l dayo-lf December, 1919. I

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